PENNY DE LOS SANTOS

Rancho San Julian

On a cattle ranch in the santa Ynez foothills, a family holds fast to the land and the bounty it gives. From the November 2012 article California Eternal by Georgia Freedman.

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At Rancho San Julian in Lompoc, California, the author partakes in a meal with the extended Poett family and friends.

At Rancho San Julian, neighbor Chris Malloy transports a table for the Poetts' alfresco dinner with the help of his young son, Lucas.

Elizabeth Poett and her dog, Ella, ride in the back of her father's pickup truck in the La Cadena section of Rancho San Julian. Behind her is a ribbon of California's Highway 1.

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Poblano peppers, charred for tacos.

Elizabeth Poett and her father, Jim, share a laugh on the porch of her ranch-style house.